2. Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is the immensely popular television show that
has aired for four seasons on HBO. The show is based on
the epic fantasy novel series, A Song of Fire and Ice, written
by George R. R. Martin. The first novel of the seven-book
series is called A Game of Thrones; the show creators and
HBO decided to keep that title as the overall name of the
show.
Game of Thrones takes place on the fictional continents of
Westeros and Essos in a setting that very much resembles
the Middle Ages of Earth. Though, as in many fantasy novels,
there’s no specific correlation to Earth history. While the story
contains common fantasy elements, such as swordplay,
magic, and fantastical creatures like dragons, those elements
are downplayed in favor of political intrigue and human
drama.
3. Audience Classification
The target audience of this series are the readers
of the book, the book of thrones had a massive
following and would be keen to watch the series
adaption.
Another target audience would be fans of Lord of
The Rings with the fantasy elements and both
being great books that adapted to films and
series.
4. Demographics of audience
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5. Books
Mixing traditional heroic fantasy with a diverse
and evolving cast of characters, George
R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire centers
on the politics and statecraft of the ruling
families of Westeros and beyond. With a
string of switching first-person narratives
from lead and ancillary characters, and an
overacrching plot with more twists than a
Dothraki hair braid, the novels have moved
beyond staple fantasy bestsellers and into a
cultural event as millions of fans discuss the
HBO television series.
The branching canons and miscelanies of genre
fiction are commonplace to stalwart fans but
the unusual running order of A Song of Ice
and Fire has been known to put
off newcomers to the series. The following
novels are: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of
Kings, A Storms of Swords Part One: Steel
and Snow, A Storm of Swords Part Two:
Blood and Gold, A Feast for Crows, A
Dance with Dragons Part One: Dreams and
Dust and A Dance with Dragons Part Two:
After the Feast.
6. Video Games
Over the years there have been few video games based on a Song of Ice and
Fire. The first game ever create to re-create an image of Games of Thrones
was developed by a Cyanide and was named A Game of Thrones: Genesis.
The game took place over 1000 years of the fictional history of Westeros.
The main aim was to win the Throne. Altough the game had a good graphic
design at the time it did not succed as the game breaking glitches potentially
ruined the game.
Next game that tried to re-create the feeling of Game of Thrones was published
in early 2012 and was simply called Game of Thrones. It was an action role-
playing video game based on the first novel in the series of books. Once
again the game received mixed reviews due to graphicals problems.
Another game on the list is Games of Thrones from 2014. The game was
developed by Telltale Games and once again was set in role playing
adventure world. Telltale Games is known for making games about books
and novels of famous writers therefore the game meet the expectations of
the fans and received positive reviews
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8. Comics
Not only games and animations but the Game of Thrones
also made its appearance on few comic books. One of
the comic book series is scripted by fantasy author
Daniel Abraham and drawn by Tommy Patterson. What
can be said about the comic is the fact that it really
follows the story really closely, chapter by chapter, in a
way that the TV series does not. What the fans did not
like about this is a lack of effort put into graphical
aspect of the comic. The character look alike and it was
difficult to tell who it was. There was no consistency
with drawing the figures and characters.
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10. Reception
What made the Game of Thrones so big is the mainstream popularity in
the fantasy genre. If it was not for movies like Hobbit and the Lord of
the Rings the Game of Thrones genre wouldnt be near as succesfull
as it is now.
The success of Game of Thrones also improved and tripled the sales of
the series, the Song of Ice and Fire novels.
I believe that the viewers enjoy the Game of Thrones for few reasons.
The main reason is the gore and blood aspect of the show. The
producers arent afraid to implement that to their show and it brings
attention to the viewers.
The producers also arent afraid to touch the subjects of religion and sex
which before the show lunched might have been a huge risk to take.
The series focuses on the subjects that most fantasy’s wouldn’t dare.
In comparison we dont see any of that in Lord of The Rings sequels,
neither in Harry Potter nor Hobbit.